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Patented duly 29, 1924-.

ROBERT FINKELSTEIN, Cl? BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO I-IIRSCHBERG dc COM- PANY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., A CORPORATION OF NEVJ YORK.

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Application filed February 21, 1924. Serial'No. $94,242.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, ROBERT FINKELSTEIN, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Brooklyn, Kings County, State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hats, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to hats and in particular to the brim portions thereof.

An object of the invention is to provide a rolled brim for a hat which canbe produced without blocking.

Heretofore, in order to produce a rolled brim, it was necessary, to block the same so that when it was opened out, it' would have a tendency to curl around the lower edge of the crown portion. In order to block the brim in this manner, it was necessary to place within the brim to be formed, forming blocks or shape upon which the brim can be pressed. This necessitated leaving a space between the side of the crown portion and the edge of the in'turned edge of the brim.

By my improved method, I provide a brim which is self-curling and which will retain its rolled shape indefinitely, notwithstanding handling or distortion.

A further object is to provide a hat brim which will produce an ornamental and pleasing effect to the eye.

A further object is to provide a rolled brim which may be applied in such a man ner to the crown of a hat so that it will need no blocking and will because of its improved method of application, automatically, curl itself into the rolled brim desired.

Referring to the drawing wherein I have shown one embodiment of myinvention,

Fig. 1 is a view in side elevation of a hat having a brim constructed in accordance with my idea,

Fig. 2, is a section on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1, and shows the filler used in the brim and its covering which is made of a single piece of material so arranged and sewn that the interior portion thereof is shorter than the outside to cause the brim to. assume its rolled shape.

Fig. 3, is a view in development of the brim material before it is sewn in position, the dot and dash line indicating the edge of the brim.

Referring to the drawings in detail, 5 indicates the crown of a hat, and 6 the brim thereof, the latter of which is rolled, so that its top portion lies very close to the outside of the crown, the brim being more or less likened to a tubular member which extends around the lower edge of the crown to give a pleasing appearance to the hat.

In order for the brim to stand up, it is necessary that the same shall have a stiffening filler 7, of any suitable material, such as buckram. This filler is covered with a single piece of material 8, to match the crown of the hat and together with the filler is sewn as at 9, to the lower edge of the crown, the filler and its cover extending outwardly to provide the rolled efiect. This rolled effect is obtained by having the inner portion 10 of the material 8 of a lesser width than the outer portion 11, the dotted line 12 in Fig. 3, indicating the edge 13 of the brim.

The difference in width of the covering material 8, will, as shown in Fig. 2, tend to draw the tiller 7, into the rolled shape shown. This effect is, of course, obtained without blocking, and it will be seen that no matter how much the brim is handled or distorted, it will assume its normal rolled position as shown in Fig. 2. Thus it will be seen that the use of any blocking forms or any blocking operations are dispensed with, and that the sewing of the brim in position on the crown is the only thing that is neces sary to the shaping thereof. This not only decreases the cost of manufacture, but allows of greater production, and also imparts to the brim and the whole hat a neater appearance, inasmuch as the brim is held in a rolled position so that its inner edge will be against or very close to the side of the crown 5. A suitable sweatband 14:, is sewn in position on the interior of the brim, also. None of the sewing used can be seen when the hat is finished, inasmuch as the rolled brim conceals the junction point of the lower edge of the crown and the brim.

It will be seen therefore that I have provided not only a very ornamental and pleasing brim for a hat, but I have provided a brim in which all blocking or ironing will be dispensed with.

Having described my invention, what I claim is:

1 A hat having an unblocked brim of tubular formation comprising a plurality of exposed layers of material and a concealed layer of stiffening material, one of said exposed layers being narrower than the other of said exposed layers to cause all of said layers to assume and retain a tubular formation.

2. A hat brim of tubular formation comprising two layers of material, one of said layers being initially and finally narrower than the other of said layers whereby said brim comprising two layers of material and 15 a stiffening layer therebetween, one of said layers being initially and finally narrower than the other of said layers, said narrower layer causing said brim to assume and retain a'curled formation.

ROBERTFINKELSTEIN. 

